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DonViejo

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Thu Aug 31, 2017, 05:47 PM Aug 2017

Ex-military officials urge U.S. judge to halt Trump's transgender ban

Source: Reuters




AUGUST 31, 2017 / 5:10 PM / 34 MINUTES AGO

Joseph Ax

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three high-ranking military officials from the Obama administration on Thursday joined several transgender service members in urging a U.S. judge to halt President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.

The former secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force – including former Army Secretary Eric Fanning, the first openly gay head of any U.S. military service – submitted sworn statements to a Washington, D.C., federal court in support of a motion for an immediate injunction.

The new filings came as part of a lawsuit challenging the ban, which Trump first announced in a series of tweets earlier this month. The move would reverse former President Barack Obama’s order that allowed transgender people to serve openly without fear of losing their jobs.

“The ban marks transgender service members as unequal and dispensable, stigmatizing them in the eyes of their fellow service members and depriving them of the unique honor and status associated with uniformed service to their country,” the motion said.




Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-transgender-idUSKCN1BB31V

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Ex-military officials urge U.S. judge to halt Trump's transgender ban (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2017 OP
The Judicial is about the only restraint against this monster. Ligyron Aug 2017 #1

Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
1. The Judicial is about the only restraint against this monster.
Thu Aug 31, 2017, 06:04 PM
Aug 2017

Let's hope this judge is fair minded and blocks Trump's bigotry.

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